In England, it’s a beer (lurve to the first to find out).
In the United States it was a time machine. Acme™.
Bass Pale Ale :D
Yay for Wikipedia!
In Germany it was the registration of the Krupp 3-ring emblem in 1875,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp
Thanks Google! And thanks @robmandu, again I’ve learned something.